In less than a week since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, his immigration policies are already leaving a significant impact on border communities in Arizona. Two shelters in Pima County, which were instrumental in housing migrants seeking asylum under the Biden administration’s policies, are now set to shut their doors.
According to Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher, the shelters—which had capacities of 650 and 140 beds respectively—have not received any asylum-seeking migrants from Border Patrol since Trump’s first day in office. Lesher confirmed the closures in a memo issued Thursday, just three days after Trump’s inauguration. “This puts the County in a very precarious financial position,” she wrote in her communication to the county’s Board of Supervisors.
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The facilities in question were managed by different organizations—one by AMI Expeditionary Healthcare, a for-profit company, and the other by Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, a nonprofit group. Despite the lack of migrants at the shelters, operational costs, including staff readiness, portable showers, and heating and cooling, still have to be paid. Lesher’s memo highlighted these ongoing expenses, even as the shelters remain empty.
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